The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose
Susan Wittig Albert

National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s—and the Darling Dahlias, the ladies of a garden club who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty solving mysteries...

Just in time for the Confederate Day celebration, the Darling Dahlias are ready to plant Confederate roses along the fence of the town cemetery. Of course, Miss Dorothy Rogers, club member and town librarian, would be quick to point out the plant is in fact a hibiscus.

The Confederate rose is not the only thing that is not what it first appears to be in this small Southern town. Earle Scroggins, the county treasurer, has got the sheriff thinking that Scroggins’ employee Verna Tidwell (also the Darling Dahlias’ trusted treasurer) is behind a missing $15,000. But Darling Dahlias president Liz Lacy is determined to prove Verna is not a thief.

Meanwhile Miss Rogers has discovered her own mystery—what appears to be a secret code embroidered under the cover of a pillow, the only possession she has from her grandmother. She enlists the help of a local newspaperman, who begins to suspect the family heirloom may have larger significance.

With missing money, secret codes, and the very strange behavior of one resident, Darling, Alabama, on the eve of Confederate Day, is anything but a sleepy little town...

Includes Southern-Style Depression-Era Recipes

(The Darling Dahlias #3)
Berkley (Prime Crime), September 2012
ISBN-10: 0425247767
ISBN-13: 9780425247761
304 pages Hardcover
$24.95

Also by Susan Wittig Albert:
Widow's Tears, April 2013
Cat's Claw, April 2013
The Tale of Castle Cottage, October 2012
The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies, July 2012
Mourning Gloria, April 2012
Cat's Claw, March 2012
The Tale of Castle Cottage, September 2011
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag, September 2011
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree, July 2011
The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies, July 2011
Mourning Gloria, April 2011
Holly Blues, April 2011
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag, September 2010
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard, September 2010
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree, July 2010
Wormwood, April 2010
Holly Blues, April 2010
The Tale of Briar Bank, September 2009
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard, September 2009
Nightshade, April 2009
Wormwood, April 2009
The Tale of Briar Bank, October 2008
The Tale of Hawthorn House, September 2008
Spanish Dagger, April 2008
Nightshade, April 2008
The Tale of Hawthorn House, September 2007
Spanish Dagger, April 2007
Bleeding Hearts, April 2007
The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood, February 2007
China Bayles' Book of Days, October 2006
The Tale Of Cuckoo Brow Wood, July 2006
The Tale Of Holly How, July 2006
Bleeding Hearts, April 2006
Murder Most Crafty, April 2006
Dead Man's Bones, April 2006
The Tale Of Hill Top Farm, October 2005
The Tale Of Holly How, July 2005
Murder Most Crafty, April 2005
A Dilly Of A Death, April 2005
Dead Man's Bones, April 2005
Thyme Of Death, January 2005
The Tale Of Hill Top Farm, October 2004
A Dilly Of A Death, January 2004
Indigo Dying, January 2004
Bloodroot, June 2003
An Unthymely Death, June 2003
Mistletoe Man, October 2001
Lavender Lies, October 2000
Chile Death, October 1999
Love Lies Bleeding, November 1998
Rueful Death, August 1997
Rosemary Remembered, August 1996
Hangman's Root, August 1995
Witches’ Bane, September 1994
Thyme Of Death, March 1994

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